A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
By: Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by Carl Hovde and Textual Center Staff, William L. Howarth, Elizabeth Witherell ; historical introd. by Linck C. Johnson.
Contributors: Hovde, Carl.
Series: The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 610
Subjects: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Travel -- Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.); Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Travel -- Massachusetts -- Concord River; Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) -- Description and travel; Concord River (Mass.) -- Description and travel; Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) -- Description and travel; Concord River Valley (Mass.) -- Description and travel
Description: Classic of American literature not only vividly narrates a boat trip Thoreau took with his brother in 1839 but also contains thought-provoking observations on literature, philosophy, Native American and Puritan histories of New England, friends, and a diversity of other topics. Of it, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "[It] is a book of wonderful merit, which is to go far and last long."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.